Moore captures unique golfing double

CITY Golf Club's Wayne Moore has captured a unique double by taking out both the strokeplay and matchplay championships in the same year.

Moore claimed the double with an exhilarating win on the 39th hole of the recent matchplay final against runner-up Luke Short who, coincidentally, was the runner-up in the strokeplay.

In March, Moore played sensational golf to romp away with the 72-hole strokeplay championship, finishing well in front of Short and the rest of the field.

Last Sunday he went head-tohead with Short in an epic matchplay final that eventually had to go into extra holes after the match finished all square after the mandatory 36-holes.

In a display of near par golf, Short took an early lead of 1-up after the opening nine holes but Moore stayed in touch and leveled the match at the halfway mark to be all square after 18 holes.

At the commencement of the second 18-holes, Short grabbed the lead 1-up before Moore hit back to lead 1-up after 27-holes. While Moore proceeded to hole a tricky putt for an eagle three to take a 2-up lead and presumably a tight grip on the title, the pair continued to trade birdies until the final hole.

Short made the green with his approach on the tough par-four 18th at City, while Moore could only make it to the creek bank in front of the green with his approach after a wayward drive.

With the pressure firmly on his shoulders, Moore made a brilliant chip to within half a metre of the hole for a par while Short's birdie putt finished agonisingly close.

The match went into extra holes and it was the 39th hole that produced the result with Moore holing a three-metre birdie putt for victory after Short's birdie attempt slid past the hole.

In the B Grade final, Alan Robin consolidated an early lead to run out a 4/3 winner over Kerry Thompson while Shane Luchterhand was relentless in his 11/10 victory over Ken Lucht in the C Grade final.